we ll talk exclusively to the man that could take over and what it means for libya, the u.s., and the world. and it s also going to send a powerful message around not only the arab world but frankly to dictators everywhere about the dangers of hanging on for too long. this is a special edition of piers morgan tonight. you re looking at dramatic video at the end of moammar gadhafi s life. the content is graphic. [ speaking foreign language] as you can see, it s been an extraordinary and dramatic day in libya. here s what we know. the day begins with a bloody battle. rebels finally hit the dictator s hometown of sirte. moammar gadhafi makes a run for it in a convoy and is reportedly spotted by a u.s. drone and it s fed to french air force jets. they spotted him in a ditch on the side of the road. he crawls into a drain pipe, his last desperate hiding place. they spray paint the entrance, gadhafi was here, they write. they take his golden gun as a momento. there are conf
dead in an ohio farmland, including 18 bengal tigers. i won t sleep for a long time even thinking about that. jack hanna talking about what he says is the saddest day of his life. later tonight, about those animals. the animals that never should have been kept, where they were, and whose lives never had to live the way they did. sheriff deputies became reluctant hunters in the name of public safety. we begin tonight, keeping them honest. holding the people who want to be president to their word. you won t hear a lot of shape shifting knew wants for me and want to give you a bit of true unbridled truth. keeping them honest, there were a number of incorrect statements made last night at the republican debate. let s take a look at the statements. 40%, half of the jobs created in texas were created for illegal immigrants. that is absolutely false. it s actually that is absolutely incorrect. let s look at the study. there s been a third party that looked at
what you hear, shouts of god is great while others say, quote the blood of the martyrs will not be in vain. the camera tilts down, you see it there the head of gadhafi. wounds on his face, including a gunshot wound in the forehead. officials of the nur lew libyan government said he died of shotgun wounds to the head. suggests he deserves some credit for gadhafi s demise. our brave pilots have flown in libya s skies. our sailors provided support off libya s shores. and our leadership at nato has helped guide our coalition. without putting a single u.s. service member on the ground, we achieved our objectives, and our nato mission will soon come to an end. i m john king in washington. we d like to welcome viewers not only here in the united states but around the world. we consider the fallout of the breaking news, death of moammar gadhafi. there are many important unanswered questions tonight, including just how did gadhafi die. did his ruthless son saif die with him? the
to be gadhafi. reports of his capture and killing came soon after the rebel forces had announced that they had taken control of sirte, his hometown. the gunfire there libyans didn t wait any time for confirmation of gadhafi s death to start celebrating there in sirte. libyan rebels fired into the air as you can see a great deal of celebration there and excitement. the burst of gunfire echoing through tripoli as well as people are filling the streets. i want to bring in our own barbara starr who s live at the pentagon for the latest there. barbara, give us a sense of what we know. what the u.s. role was in this as well as nato. we ve been talking earlier this morning there was a nato air strike on a convoy moving around sirte. at the time the nato officials said they had no reason to believe gadhafi was inside. now they are looking at that possibility that this all began when he was in a convoy moving around the city of sirte. we will find out in the coming hours more detail
yes, i love peas za. tonight, the man up close and personal. my mom is probably up in heaven going my, my, my. my dad is probably up in heaven going, that s my boy. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. i m in las vegas at the sister resort to the venetian. the republican debate last night was pretty lively. and one of the live leanne tag nifts is with me tonight. hr man cane. that was some punch out last night. well, let s just say that it gotten ner jet particular and a little bit of fireworks. did you worry that rick perry was about to swing one? i was getting ready to referee and break them up. i was going, man, have they really gotten into it. but i think that they both came in with the intention of going after each other. they did it the last time. you can just tell that they are stout and say, go after them on this, on this, on this. i don t spend time doing that. you know what i spend time doing? preparing to talk about solutions. and that s why